AUSTRALIAN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 67, 19 March 1875, Page 2

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Melbourne. March 13. A Gothenburg relief fund hns been dcci Ifd upon. aB twenty-six familiesjare left destitute. M'Meckan and Bhckwood head the list with £100. ; • The Postmaster-General of New South Wales bas made an agreement with the Postmaster G neral of wfetoria, subject to »a'iQc tion by the two Governments respecting 'he mail services, lie proposes to muke he SniZ ami San Francsc* Bervi e3 a temative as soon a* possible The Postmaster has further agreed to establish a telegraphic money Oder B\s*eii between the co-'onies. The 0 aso loan Ins been tendered for. All below the minimum were not accepttd Commercial — Five thousand cnsed of Devoe's kerosene sold at Is 21, and dia < ond at Is Id. A Lon on telegrati 8 at.es that kerosene had risen 4d per gallon at l*ew York. A ca'go of mg-ir from Mauritius realised .£29 10s to £30 Ids Sydney, March 12. The Mikado takes the largest rrmiber of passengers that has yet !e t vi> California. The briar Amie Ogle, from Sydney, has been wrecked near Smoky Cape. Portions of the hull and the boats were washed ashore. She was insured for £4800. The -chooner Sarah Ki< ol has b<en lost near the enn^e phce. Both crews are supposed to have perished. 1 he pteairep Helen M'Gregor, from Sydney to Gratton, has »een wrecked. The passengers and civw wire taken off' the reef, but one ho it rapped, and eight of the oceupints were drowned. Mr I ay, of Sidney, is fitting out a scientific exploring expedition to Mew Guinea at lub own cost, Adelaide, March '2. There are no hopes of the luissin.- boats of the Goth nburg. A diver has recovered the gold on board. The London corresponde"t of the Sydney Morning Herald wr tes that Mr Yog 1 »n •; fanri'y Dad a n rr w escape through a colli ion »t the Asti station, be wten B jul gne and Turin. The collis on wou'd have been serous, but tor slackening the ppeed. Although the sleeping eomi artment was crushed no one vr.s hurt, the in jury being confitn d to the guar ■ and ro ling st ck. The accident detained them at Turin.